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The new republic says something unfortunate about itself with its pronouncement that “rebecca solnit is essential feminist reading

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Call them by their true names falls somewhere between the two

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As with all of her essay collections solnit isnt afraid to tackle tough subjects whether its about why we should get rid of confederate statues hard agree or how female politicians are treated to ridiculous double standards hard agree or that the united states has a very uncomfortable habit of disenfranchising people of color whether its building a dangerous pipeline through native lands or heavily gerrymanding areas where people of color live so as to make their votes count for less

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But apart from a yeah thats right im not really sure what this book accomplishes apart from supplying people who are less articulate in political matters i

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Especially her essays on hillary clinton and alex nieto

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There are three essays that i really appreciated facing the furies preaching to the choir death by gentrification

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In this essay she explores what happens when the silicon valley rich move into a working class neighborhood and criminalize the original inhabitants with tragic consequences